portentously
adv/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛn.təs.li/
Etymology
From portentous + -ly.
- borrowed from portentueux
- borrowed from portentōsus
Definitions
In an ominous manner.
- The cold light of the moon touched every face with unnatural paleness; and the silence was unbroken and portentously profound.
- At that moment a long, scraggy individual in a checked suit poked his head into the bar, looked around portentously, whistled mysteriously to my informant, and jerked his thumb and head in the direction of the door.
- Shirky ends the story of the lost Sidekick by asking, portentously, “What happens next?”—no doubt imagining future waves of digital protesters.
In a pompous manner.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for portentously. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA